From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
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Subject: Re: I/O card vs linux
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:15:55 -0400
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On Sunday 17 October 2004 08:18, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
>On Sat, 2004-10-16 04:23:43 -0400, Gene Heskett
> <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
>
>wrote in message <200410160423.43597.gene.heskett@verizon.net>:
>> Greetings;
>>
>> This may be OT, but can anyone advise me on a pci card thats
>> basicly an 8255 with a 34 pin or greater port on the card or back
>> panel to bring out all 3 ports, and a suitable linux compatible
>> driver for it?
>
>For input? Output? Both? In the output-only with low "bandwith"
> being okay, just think about attaching a number of
> serial-in-parallel-out shift registers to your parport. I use
> something like that for switching on and off computers...
>
>MfG, JBG

Both, to drive a small homemade cnc milling machine. I found a pci 
card with 3 each 8255's on it for about 75$, but I don't think it 
meets the pci std, I don't think there's a bios on it.  We'll see 
when it gets here.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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